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Cherry Pie Cookies Recipe

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Cherry pie cookies will give you the delicious taste of cherry pie in a cute, bite sized cookie. They’re incredibly easy to make, too!

Brian is one of those husbands who’ll eat pretty much anything that I cook for him, so when special occasions like his birthday or Valentine’s Day roll around, I like to make him things that he absolutely loves. For dinner, that means peppercorn rubbed steak and mashed potatoes, and for dessert, it’s my double chocolate bundt cake or these cherry pie cookies.

All the taste of cherry pie in a bite sized cookie! This cherry pie cookies recipe is perfect for Valentine's Day!

The best part about these cherry pie cookies is that they’re versatile for all types of bakers. You can make them completely from scratch, or you can go semi-homemade, using store bought pie dough and prepared pie filling. Nobody will care how you made them, as long as they can eat them!

All the taste of cherry pie in a bite sized cookie! This cherry pie cookies recipe is perfect for Valentine's Day!

If you’d like to make the pastry from scratch, click here for my easy pie crust recipe.  My easy recipe for making cherry pie filling is in the recipe below.

Here’s the easy cherry pie cookies recipe.

All the taste of cherry pie in a bite sized cookie! This cherry pie cookies recipe is perfect for Valentine's Day!

Easy Cherry Pie Cookies

These bite sized cookies will give you all the great taste of cherry pie in a cute little cookie. Make a batch for someone you love!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 13 minutes
Total Time: 23 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 165

Ingredients

  • 14 ounces pastry dough, (enough for a double-crusted 9-inch pie)

For the filling

  • 8 ounces fresh or thawed from frozen cherries, pitted
  • 1/2 cup Erythritol, or granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum , or 1 teaspoon cornstarch

For garnish

  • large crystal sugar , (sometimes called sanding sugar)

Instructions

  • Prepare cherry filling
  • Place cherries and Erythritol (or sugar) into a medium saucepan over medium high heat.
  • In a small prep bowl , whisk together lemon juice and xanthan gum or cornstarch, then add to saucepan and stir to combine.
  • Cook until mixture comes to a boil and thickens, stirring occasionally. This should take 3-4 minutes. Transfer filling to a bowl and refrigerate to cool slightly while you prepare pastry dough .
  • Heat oven to 425 degrees F.
  • Roll pastry dough into two 10-inch circles on a lightly floured work surface and use a 2-inch biscuit or cookie cutter to cut 24 circles out of the pastry dough.
  • Place a teaspoon of pie filling into the center of 12 circles. Use the tip of your index finger and tap water to moisten the outer edge of the circle. Place another circle on top of the filling and use your fingers or the tines of a fork to seal edges together. Moisten the top of each cookie with water and sprinkle with sanding sugar. Use the tip of a knife to make a small slit in the top of each cookie so that steam can escape during baking. If you don't do this, your cookies will burst while they're baking.
  • Transfer to a baking sheet lined with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Bake in oven for 13-15 minutes, or until tops of cookies are golden brown.
  • Remove from oven and transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

Recipe Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Easy Cherry Pie Cookies
Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)
Calories 165 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Sodium 141mg6%
Carbohydrates 22g7%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 1g2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

All the taste of cherry pie in a bite sized cookie! This cherry pie cookies recipe is perfect for Valentine's Day!

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Comments

  3. Liz says

    What a terrific idea!! You’ve combined my favorite desserts—pies and cookies 🙂 These cherry pie cookies look so flaky and scrumptious!!!

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  10. The Ninja Baker says

    Lucky you, Becca! My husband is super picky…But then again he doesn’t have Chef Becca in the house =) At any rate, your cherry pie cookies do look delicious…P.s. Erythritol is a gift to those of us ordered to keep our carbs in the low glycemic index =) Glad to see it in your recipe as a substitute =)

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    • Chef Becca says

      Oh my goodness! You and I are both in love with Erythritol! I started using it last year and haven’t looked back. Hubs doesn’t even notice that I replaced the sugar in the sugar bowl with it!

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  14. Stacy says

    That flaky crust in the photo with the bite out of it, Becca? That’s completely what sold me! I shared them in the Just Dessert Recipes group on Facebook. Because they are fabulous.

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